The ghosts of Grosse Ile

On of the major ports for Irish Famine immigrants, Grosse Ile is in the St. Lawrence River, just east of Quebec. It contains the largest Famine cemetery outside of Ireland.

 

Parcs Canada maintains information on 554 children baptized at Grosse Île between 1832 and 1937. Some of those babies listed below for the year 1847 may have been born aboard ship.

Baptisms at Grosse-Île

Baldin,
William     2/9/1847    7/9/1847    Waterford
Carrol,
Catharine    9/29/1847    10/1/1847             Roscommon
Conway,
Rosanna    5/23/1847    6/1/1847    Kilkenny
Gaffney,
John    6/12/1847    7/18/1847     Roscommon
Kildy, John    6/21/1847    7/18/1847    Roscommon
Maher,
James    7/15/1847     7/15/1847    Kilkenny
McBrien,
Mary Jane     8/16/1847     8/22/1847            Fermanagh
Morisson,
James    7/11/1843     7/14/1847       Down
Murphy,
Molly    8/21/1847     9/14/1847    Antrim
Ryan, May    5/5/1847     5/18/1847    Tipperary
Sullivan,
Patrick    7/17/1847     7/17/1847    Kerry
Woods,
Owen    4/21/1847    5/15/1847          Monaghan

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